Eigil Nielsen (footballer, born 1948)

Eigil Nielsen (6 December 1948 – 26 December 2019)[1] was a Danish footballer who played as a midfielder during the late 1960s, 70s and into the 80s.

For the other Danish footballer, see Eigil Nielsen (footballer, born 1918).
For the Danish paleontologist, see Eigil Nielsen (paleontologist).

Eigil Nielsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-12-06)6 December 1948
Place of birth Tårs, Denmark
Date of death 26 December 2019(2019-12-26) (aged 71)
Place of death Hjørring, Denmark
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1966 Hjørring
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1970 Hjørring
1970–1971 KB
1971–1974 Winterthur 54 (11)
1974–1978 Basel 99 (18)
1978–1981 Lucerne 17 (1)
International career
1971–1975 Denmark 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Nielsen began his youth football by the local club Hjørring IF and with them his professional career in 1966 before moving to KB in 1970. In 1971, he signed for Switzerland's Winterthur and he played there until 1974. Due to financial reasons Winterthur sold him to FC Basel during the summer break.

Between the years 1974 und 1978 Nielsen played a total of 164 games for FC Basel scoring a total of 30 goals. 99 of these games and 18 goals were in the Swiss domestic league. 21 games were in the Swiss Cup or Swiss League Cup, 23 were international cup games and 30 were test games.[2] In his debut for Basel on 20 July 1974 in the Cup of the Alps away match against Nîmes Olympique Nielsen scored a hat trick for his new club.[3] In his first season with Basel they won the Swiss Cup and in the following season they won the Swiss Championship. Nielsen scored his only European goal on 29 September 1976 in the second leg of the first round of the 1976–77 UEFA Cup. Basel played at home in St. Jakob Stadium and won 3–0 against Glentoran F.C.[4]

In 1978 he signed for Luzern who played in the second highest tier at that time and that season Luzern won promotion. Nielsen retired in 1981.

International career

Nielsen was capped ten times by the Denmark national team, making his international debut in Denmark's 3-2 win over Japan on 28 July 1971 in Parken, Copenhagen. His last match for the national team was in a 6-1 defeat to Romania on 23 August 1975 in Bucharest.

Honours

Basel

References
  1. "Früherer FCB-Spieler Eigil Nielsen gestorben". 30 December 2019.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Eigil Nielsen - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Nîmes Olympique - FC Basel 2:4 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Glentoran FC 3:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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